Bangladesh Bank (BB), the central bank of the country, has raised the inter-bank exchange rate to Tk 96 for per dollar The rate was increased by Tk 1 on Monday after banks decided to monetise expatriate income at Tk 108 and export bill at Tk 99 on Sunday. The central bank sold the dollar of worth Tk 6.5 crore to ...

Nasir Uddin Biswas, chairman and managing director of Nasir Group, one of the country’s leading industrial groups, has passed away. He breathed his last at about 11.00 am on Monday while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital. Nasir Uddin established Nasir Group in 1977.

Mourners will on Monday get the first opportunity to pay respects before the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, as it lies in an Edinburgh cathedral where King Charles III himself will mount a vigil. Thousands of people are expected to line up for the chance to see the flag-draped casket at St Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital, a week ...

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) on Sunday (September 11) started selling sugar, lentil and soybean oil at subsidised prices to one crore low-income families. Commerce Ministry senior secretary Tapon Kanti Ghosh inaugurated the programme in Tejgaon’s Begunbari area in the capital this morning. He said, “Around 5 crore people in the country are being benefited through this programme. The products ...

Neymar notched his 10th goal of the season but a lethargic Paris Saint-Germain needed a second-half Gianluigi Donnarumma penalty save to secure a 1-0 win over Brest in Ligue 1 on Saturday. The result takes PSG back to the top of the table and maintains their unbeaten start to the campaign under new coach Christophe Galtier. PSG are two points ...

The funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth who died this week after 70 years on the throne, will be held on Monday, 19 September at 1000 GMT, England’s most senior peer who is in charge of state occasions said on Saturday. The coffin will be taken from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh on Sunday before being flown to London on Tuesday. It ...

Bangladesh Jewellers’ Association (Bajus) has increased the price of gold record high in the country’s market again by Tk 1,285. The price of 22-carat gold has been fixed at Tk 84,564, which was sold at Tk 83,280 till Saturday. It is the highest price in the country’s gold market. It was confirmed in a press release, signed by Enamul Huque ...

Two days after the death of his mother elevated him to the throne, King Charles III was officially proclaimed Britain’s monarch Saturday, in a pomp-filled ceremony steeped in ancient tradition and political symbolism — and, for the first time, broadcast live. Charles, who spent seven decades as heir apparent, automatically became king when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on ...

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has expressed hope that the price of soybean oil will be dropped within next two months. He said, “The price of soybean oil has dropped in the global market, but the price of the dollar has increased in the country. The price of oil in the world market is adjusted with the price of the dollar. ...

Britain’s King Charles paid a heartfelt tribute on Friday to his late mother Queen Elizabeth, vowing to serve with “loyalty, respect and love” as she had done for more than seven decades. Elizabeth, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a towering presence on the world stage for 70 years, died on Thursday at her home in Scotland aged 96, drawing an outpouring ...